Subtile Quotes

7 quotes by 6 authors

• Such philosophy as shall not vanish in the fume of subtile, sublime, or delectable speculation but shall be operative to the endowment and betterment of… — Francis Bacon
• It is not therefore the business of philosophy, in our present situation in the universe, to attempt to take in at once, in one view,… — Colin Maclaurin
• The electrical matter consists of particles extremely subtile, since it can permeate common matter, even the densest metals, with such ease and freedom as not… — Benjamin Franklin
• A full moon is poison to some; they shut it out at every crevice, and do not suffer a ray to cross them; it has… — Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford
• [1.] And first I suppose that there is diffused through all places an aethereal substance capable of contraction & dilatation, strongly elastick, & in a… — Isaac Newton
• Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. — Francis Bacon
• I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright. It is not indifferent… — Henry David Thoreau

Who Wrote These Subtile Quotes

6 authors contributed a total of 7 Subtile Quotes as follows:

• 2 Subtile Quotes by Francis Bacon
• 1 Subtile Quote by Colin Maclaurin
• 1 Subtile Quote by Benjamin Franklin
• 1 Subtile Quote by Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford
• 1 Subtile Quote by Isaac Newton
• 1 Subtile Quote by Henry David Thoreau